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THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
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CHAPTER 16
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Korah, Dathan, and Abiram and 250 leaders rebel and seek priestly offices—Earth swallows the three rebels and their families—Fire from the Lord consumes the 250 rebels—Israel murmurs against Moses and Aaron for slaying the people—The Lord sends a plague, from which 14,700 die.
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Now</span> Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 11: 6.">Dathan</a> and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took <i>men:</i>
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And they <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Ingratitude.">rose</a> up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
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And they gathered themselves together against <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Jn. 1: 10 (9-10).">Moses</a> and against Aaron, and said unto them, <i>Ye take</i> too much upon you, seeing all the congregation <i>are</i> holy, every one of them, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> is <sup>b</sup><a href="num/16/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Presence of.">among</a> them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?
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And when Moses heard <i>it,</i> he fell upon his face:
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And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> will shew who <i>are</i> his, and <i>who is</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/5a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Holiness.">holy</a>; and will cause <i>him</i> to come near unto him: even <i>him</i> whom he hath <sup>b</sup><a href="num/16/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Authority.">chosen</a> will he cause to <sup>c</sup><a href="num/16/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 40: 46; Ezek. 44: 15 (15-16).">come</a> near unto him.
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This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
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And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> to morrow: and it shall be <i>that</i> the man whom the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> doth choose, he <i>shall</i> <i>be</i> holy: <i>ye take</i> too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
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And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
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<i>Seemeth it but</i> a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Aaronic.">service</a> of the tabernacle of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
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And he hath brought thee near <i>to him,</i> and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/10a" mark="a" type="J" title="JST Num. 16: 10  . . .  high priesthood  . . .; TG Priesthood, Melchizedek.">priesthood</a> also?
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For which cause <i>both</i> thou and all thy company <i>are</i> gathered together <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 16: 8.">against</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and what <i>is</i> Aaron, that ye <sup>b</sup><a href="num/16/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 121: 16.">murmur</a> against him?
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&#182; And Moses sent to call <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 26: 9; Deut. 11: 6.">Dathan</a> and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:
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<i>Is it</i> a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 14; 1 Ne. 16: 37 (37-38); 2 Ne. 5: 3 (3, 19).">prince</a> over us?
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Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men?  we will not come up.
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And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 4: 5 (4-5).">Respect</a> not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
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And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:
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And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each <i>of you</i> his censer.
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And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
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And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> appeared unto all the congregation.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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<sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 19: 14.">Separate</a> yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
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And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/22a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God the Father - Elohim/Eloheim.">God</a> of the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/16/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Man, A Spirit Child of Heavenly Father; TG Man, Antemortal Existence of; TG Spirit Body; TG Spirit Creation.">spirits</a> of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/24a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR dwelling places (see v. 26).">tabernacle</a> of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
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And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
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And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.
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So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 33: 8.">tents</a>, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
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And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath sent me to do all these works; for <i>I have</i> not <i>done them</i> of mine own <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Mind.">mind</a>.
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If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/29a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE by death as all men are.">after</a> the visitation of all men; <i>then</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath not sent me.
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But if the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that <i>appertain</i> unto them, and they go down quick into the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 55: 15.">pit</a>; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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&#182; And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that <i>was</i> under them:
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 4: 11; 1 Ne. 19: 11; 2 Ne. 26: 5; 3 Ne. 9: 8; 3 Ne. 10: 14.">earth</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="num/16/32b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 106: 17.">opened</a> her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their <sup>c</sup><a href="num/16/32c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB households.">houses</a>, and all the men that <i>appertained</i> unto Korah, and all <i>their</i> goods.
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They, and all that <i>appertained</i> to them, went down alive into the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 69: 15.">pit</a>, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
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And all Israel that <i>were</i> round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up <i>also.</i>
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And there came out a <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/35a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 106: 18.">fire</a> from the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
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The censers of these <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/38a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 44: 7.">sinners</a> against their own souls, let them make them broad plates <i>for</i> a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
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And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad <i>plates for</i> a covering of the altar:
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<i>To be</i> a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/40a" mark="a" type="E" title="IE unauthorized person; 2 Chr. 26: 18 (16-23).">stranger</a>, which <i>is</i> not of the seed of <sup>b</sup><a href="num/16/40b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 3: 9; D&C 84: 18.">Aaron</a>, come near to offer <sup>c</sup><a href="num/16/40c" mark="c" type="A" title="Rev. 8: 3 (2-4).">incense</a> before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said to him by the hand of Moses.
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&#182; But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/41a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Murmuring.">murmured</a> against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> appeared.
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And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> spake unto Moses, saying,
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<sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/45a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 19: 14.">Get</a> you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment.  And they fell upon their faces.
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&#182; And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/46a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Plagues.">plague</a> is begun.
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And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
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And he stood between the <sup>a</sup><a href="num/16/48a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Death.">dead</a> and the living; and the <sup>b</sup><a href="num/16/48b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 18: 5 (2-7).">plague</a> was stayed.
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Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
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And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
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